Essential American Poets

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Essential American Poets episodes

March 14, 2012 Lorine Niedecker: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Lorine Niedecker with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded at home in 1970. Recording courtesy of PennSound.

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16 min
January 25, 2012 Gertrude Stein: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Gertrude Stein, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded in 1934. Recording courtesy of PennSound.

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18 min
January 04, 2012 Charles Simic: Essential American Poets
Recordings of former poet laureate Charles Simic, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 2003, Key West, FL.

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12 min
December 14, 2011 Alan Dugan: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Alan Dugan, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1962, New York City, New York.
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12 min
November 30, 2011 Gary Snyder: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Gary Snyder, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1966, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
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23 min
September 08, 2011 Adrienne Rich: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Adrienne Rich, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded in 2002 at the Audio Workshop in London

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7 min
August 24, 2011 Richard Hugo: Essential American Poets
Recordings of poet Richard Hugo, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1975, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
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14 min
August 10, 2011 Robert Pinsky: Essential American Poets
Recordings of former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 2007, in studio, Boston, MA.

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30 min
July 27, 2011 Michael Palmer: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet Michael Palmer, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1995 at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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11 min
July 13, 2011 A.R. Ammons: Essential American Poets
Archival recordings of poet A.R. Ammons, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded in 1963 at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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10 min

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Listen to Donald Hall's selection of classic American poets reading from their work. These recordings are being made available as the result of a collaboration between US and UK poet laureates Donald…